How much do you spend every month in this great city?

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Bars have come back to life, which is not good for the old wallet! Weekends can easily eat up $300. I have a 4K/month budget and everything else goes to investments. Some months I’m well under budget, so I treat myself to some things I’ve been wanting for a while.

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30 yo male here on $125-$130k/year

Rent: $1.8k
Tithes to church: $730
Food shopping: $350
Spending budget$: $800-1000
Car lease (my half. Fiancé pays other half): $169
Car insurance (my half): $40
Savings: $2,000-$2,500
Subscriptions: $48
Gym: $80
Phone: $100
Internet: $65
Love life: $ priceless

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How are we all magically ending up at 3k-ish monthly cc bills with wildly different incomes, homes and lives

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Rent: 2200
CC: 3000
Car payment: 1200
Student loans: 800
Parking: 500
Tinder/other apps for 🍑: 800-1200

14k net

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2500 credit card (bars restaurants travel)
1600 rent

I only make around 4600 after taxes but I have fun yolo

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Yes exactly. My eyes are just tired at this time of the day. Sorry for the confusion.

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More than I want to…

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Holy smokes 🤔👺

Rent: $2k
Investments: $2k
Everything else: ~$3-4k (just based on what I’m paying cc every month)

Don’t fight me on this lol my bf is so heated over it.
Yes, I have additional income outside of my consulting work.

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I own two rental apartments which bring in a sizable income.
Then the less unfortunate stream was losing my parents very young. They left a trust for me which is basically subsidized income. That is purely invested because I feel wrong spending it frivolously.

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My expenses are generally around 2.5k, my take home is 3.8k… money really just goes if I’m not careful

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Between $1k-$2k + $2350 rent per month. Income $206k.

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Shooters shoot

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2700-3000/month

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3100 rent
1000-1500 food/drinks
500-1000 misc (ubers, stupid stuff, etc)

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About 10K-13K a month including 6K rent and 3K childcare

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Because buying a similiar place would cost about 2500 more a month which is too much for us.

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I don’t know. Isn’t that scary?

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Rent: $2.4K
Investments: $3K
Food: $1.5K
Subscriptions: $130
Loans/Student Loan: $980
Tithe: $300
Other: $300

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Housing: 1700
On my credit card:
-Utilities: ~60
-Food (groceries and eating out): 300 (for my half)
-Others (subscription, phone bills, random stuff, etc.): ~600
Rest goes to savings and investment: 7000

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2600 in rent, ~3000 in credit card

Make around 10k a month

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Rent: $1650 (my half of the rent for a 1B w/ my SO)
Expenses: ~$2,000
Take home is about $7,000 after taxes/401k/medical, the other $3,400 goes to student loans and investments

-3500 mortgage and maintenance
-about $1750 on other bills (fitness, student loans, electricity, 529 for godsons, money for parents)
-$1000 for personal spend (Amazon, food, restaurant, bar)

Rest goes straight into investments / saving so I can get a second place or trade mine up in a year or two

Rent: 2350
Therapist: 1800, reimbursed 60%
Everything else, including gym, highlights, trips etc 2.5k.
Savings/ investment: 1k
Income: 200k

Rent: 1800
Utilities: 60-130 depending on weather
Groceries: 400
Savings and 401k: ~800-1400
Jiu jitsu and gym: 300
Fun stuff: the rest

First year out of college, 85k

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